Antong Hot Spring Hotel (安通溫泉飯店)

Antong Hot Spring was discovered in 1903 by Deguchi Kumeshichi (出口久米七), a Japanese camphor worker, and has more than a century of history. Its sulfate-chloride water is unique in Taiwan. The spring emerges at 66°C in large volumes and flows along the creek bank for about 300 meters. Early residents often dug open-air pools to bathe in, which gave the spot a rustic charm, and 'Antong's Warm Waters' was named one of the Eight Scenic Spots of Hualien. In 1930, during Japanese rule, the government built a Japanese-style single-story house entirely of hinoki cypress here as a